Kingdom Animalia Order Perciformes Genus Cephalopholis Higher classification Cephalopholis | Phylum Chordata Family Serranidae Scientific name Cephalopholis taeniops Rank Species | |
Similar Cephalopholis, Cephalopholis panamensis, Serranidae, Cephalopholis spiloparaea, Mottled grouper | ||
Cephalopholis taeniops is a species of grouper that occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. The common length is 40 cm (maximum size 70 cm). It lives in the Eastern Atlantic: Western Sahara to Angola, including Cape Verde and the São Tomé and Príncipe islands; also recorded from the Mediterranean.
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